The housing affordability gap has more than doubled in many areas in the past 20 years
Ratio of median house price to median gross annual (where available) workplace-based earnings
1997
2016
England and Wales
England
London
South-east
East of England
South-west
East Midlands
West Midlands
Wales
Yorkshire and the Humber
North-west
North-east
0
2
4
6
8
10